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Columbus Day

Year:

2010

Duration:

90 min

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

IMDB rate:

5.5

Director:

Charles Burmeister

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2010-06-26

Filming Locations: Echo Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Marg Helgenberger

Columbus Day

Val Kilmer

John Cologne

Bobb'e J. Thompson

Antoine

Richard Edson

Manny

Ivana Milicevic

Cheryl

Lobo Sebastian

Jimmy Espinosa

Michael Muhney

Detective Daniels

Sean Blakemore

Officer Walters

Wilmer Valderrama

Max

Ashley Johnson

Alana

Mark Kelly

Leonard

Miles Platt

Edward

Jack McGee

Paul

Courtney Thomas

Woman

Shelley Malil

Babul

Dot-Marie Jones

Cop #1

Wilson Tai

Tech Cop (as Wilson W. Tai)

Larrs Jackson

Executive Man

Melissa R. Bacelar

Cute Girl in Park (as Melissa Bacelar)

Rick Avery

Driver

Bryan Hanna

Jake

David Winston Barge

Detective

Sadey Paige Nifong

Kid in the Park

Tayelor Nifong

Parade Kid

Marie Antoinette

Woman (uncredited)

Rocco Passafaro

Freddie

Marc Schaffer

Garbage Truck Driver (uncredited)

John H. Tobin

Viola Player (uncredited)

Eric Thomas Wilson

Cop #2 (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The version released on video in the U.S. is producer Elie Samaha's recut of the film, which was rejected by the writer/director as well as the principal cast and crew. There are no plans for a release of the director's cut.

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Charles Burmeister's script for Columbus Day won the Chesterfield Screenwriting Fellowship sponsored by Paramount Pictures and was named Top 30 of 5,500 scripts in the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences' Nicholl Fellowship.

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Val Kilmer had to undergo over an hour of daily makeup to look older for the role. Kilmer insisted on this to increase realism and even brought in his makeup artist from Tombstone (1993) to facilitate the desired "raw" look.

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Goofs

Most readily apparent during close ups of Johnny inserting coins into the pay phone, beginning with the phone call that Johnny makes to Manny to warn him, and subsequent call, the type of pay phone Johnny is using, changes repeatedly from one that has the coin slot towards the left side and the coin return lever to the right side, to the type that has the coin slot to the extreme right and the return lever towards the center and back again.

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Quotes

Antoine: Do you have gaydar?

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John Cologne: After I'm done talking to you, I feel good.

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